OnsLaunch
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| OnsLaunch | |
| Developer(s) | Simon Howard (Fraggle) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1.0 |
| Latest release | 1.21 (2005-04-10, 19 years ago) |
| Development status | Discontinued |
| Target platform | DOS |
| License | 3-clause BSD license |
OnsLaunch is a launcher application for DOS, created by Simon Howard (Fraggle) for Team Onslaught. It primarily targets multiplayer and only supports Doom II.
It introduced the OLO lump, which contains deathmatch settings and map names. Simon implemented support for it in the sfdoom, and SMMU source ports. He also included the OLO lump in several PWADs he contributed to, including Team Onslaught's Decamatch II: Annihilation.
Features[edit]
- Multiplayer support Serial/Modem and IPX
- PWAD support, automatically completing the .WAD extension
- Run SETUP
- Screensaver with the Menu skulls
- Selection of detail level (Low/High)
- Messages (On/Off)
- Slider for Mouse Sensitivity
- Slider for Screen size
- Autorun
- Sound effect volume sliders
- Music volume sliders
- CD Audio support
- Level warp, equivalent to the -warp parameter, PWADs only
- Monsters (On/Off), equivalent to the -nomonsters
- Respawn (On/Off), equivalent to -respawn
- Fast (On/Off), equivalent to -fastmonsters
- Demo recording, with optional file naming
- Turbo Scale (20% to 255%), changes player speed
- Development (On/Off)
- Changing of chat macros
- OLO lump support
- ENDOOM-eque screen when exiting the program
History[edit]
The first version released was 1.0, using DOS's font and no background, 1.01 was a bugfix which added support for backgrounds, which were saved in raw image files.
Version 1.1, released February 13, 1998, with several improvements, it uses the Doom font, reduced the number of raw image files, added Modem.num phone book support, and replaced the background with a bitmap file.
Version 1.2, released August 9, 1998, it removed all raw image files, all information is now stored in olaunch.wad, added OLO lump support, additional options, and a screensaver. Version 1.21, released April 10, 2005, it was a bugfix related to OLO handling.
